Backwater Status Quo
Backwater
Status Quo
Guitar intro:
E|--------------------------------------------| H|--------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--| D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| H|------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-| D|---7---7----------------------------------------| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-| E|------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| H|--------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------7-6- = 1st guitar--| D|-----7---7---------------9-8- = 2nd guitar--| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| H|------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------7-9-7-9b11- = 1st guitar-| D|---7---7----------------------------------------| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9-5-7-5-4---- = 2nd guitar-| E|------------------------------------------------|
With the band:
E|-------------------------------------------------| H|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-----7---7------------------7---7----------------| A|-8-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--| E|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------5--| H|-------------------------------------------------5--| G|-------------------------------------------------6--| D|---7---7------------------7---7------------------7--| A|-9---9---9-7-9-7-5-7-9--9---9---9--7-9-7-5-7-5---7--| E|-----------------------------------------------7-5--|
[B] [A/B] [B]
E|-----------------------------------------------------| H|-4---2---2---2--2---2---2---4---4---4---4---4---4----| Untill the G|-4----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4--..etc| drums breaks D|-4-----2---2------2---2-------4---4-------4---4------| in.. A|-2-2----------2-----------2-----------2--------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Francis boogie guitar in H:
E|-----------------------------------------| H|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-| E|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------|
Francis boogie guitar in E:
E|-----------------------------------------| H|-----------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-9-11-9-9-11-(9)-..etc..-| A|-7-7--7-7-7--(7)-7-7--7-7-7--(7)---------| E|-----------------------------------------|
Rick plays his guitar like what is shown under.
To get the correct rhytme count one bar like
|one-and-two-and-three-and-four-and| where Rick strikes
his chord on each "and" mentioned in a bar. Also
move your plectrum from down and up while hitting the strings.
The '&'s marks the 4 flats in each bar.
in H:
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| H|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| G|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-|-&-4-&-4-&-4-&-4-| etc... D|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
in E:
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| H|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-| G|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-|-&-9-&-9-&-9-&-9-| etc... D|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
verses:
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[B]Down at Backwater junction
Rolling down the line
In the dark early morning
I heard the one-forty-nine
I was w[E]alking down the highway
Needed somewhere to go[D-E-D-]
A l[B]ady laid beside me
And she invited me home
She led me c[A]old, tired and hungry
[E]Down the backwater r[B]oad
[B]In a house on the corner
looking over the track
I woke up with a fever
And a pain in my back
She was l[E]ying there beside me
My fever started to grow[D-E-D-]
[B]Had a funny feeling
But the lady said no
The l[A]over needs a doctor
[E]Down the Backwater R[D]oad[(D-D-D-D)]
|A/H-H--|D\H-H--|A--D--|D\H-H--| (played twice)
[B]Whatcha lookin' for
Whatcha lookin' for
E|-------------------------------------------| H|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-5-5--7--5----7----9---7---7----5----------| E|-----------------------------------7--5/7--|
Lady do you know what you are lookin' for
Was I wrong to play along
E|-------------------------------------------| H|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-5-5--7--5----7----7--9-7--5---------------| E|------------------------------7--5/7-------|
Lady was I right or lady was I wrong
Guitar solo:
[A] [C#]
E|--------------------------------| H|--------------------------------| G|-16b18-16b18-16h14\13-16-14\13--| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|
[D]
E|-14b16-14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12-14b16-14b16r14-12| H|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|
[E] [A]
E|-12-12-------------------------------------| H|-------14-12-12-14-12----------------------| G|----------------------14-14-14h16p14-16-14-| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------|
[C#] [D]
E|----------------------14b16-14-12-14b16-14-12-| H|----------------------------------------------| G|-13-13-13h14p13-14-13-------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|
[E]
E|-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-16b17-14-------| H|----------------------------------17-14-| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------|
[A] [C#] [D] [E]
E|-------------------------------------------| H|-12-10-12--10-10--9-10--9-9--7-9-7-10-9-10-| G|-------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------|
[A] [C#]
E|-----------------12-----------------13| H|--14-13-14-13-14-----14-13-14-13-14---| G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------|
[D] [E]
E|----------------14--14-17b19-17-14-------| H|-14-13-14-13-14--------------------17-14-| G|-----------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
[A] [C#]
E|----------------------12----------------------13| H|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14----14-14-14-13-14-13-14---| G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------|
[D] [Dm]
E|----------------------14--14-17-17-14-------------| H|-14-14-14-13-14-13-14-----------------17-14-------| G|--------------------------------------------16-14-| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------|
[A] [E]
E|----------------------------------------------| H|----------------------------------17b19-17-14-| G|----16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14-------------| D|-16-------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------|
[D] [A]
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| H|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-16-14----14h16r14----16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18-16b18r16-14-16-14| D|-------16----------16------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------| H|-------| G|-------|
D|-16-14-|
A|-------| E|-------|
[B]Backwater doctor
You've got me breathing in time
It's ten-thirty in the morning
And I'm feeling alright
I went back to my lady
But I wasn't to know
Lady left this morning
And she's not coming home
I was cold when she left me
Down the Backwater Road
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